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by ahoka 3313 days ago
WOW is dead simple TCP with smoke and mirrors.
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Is it though?

https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/300479

My understanding is the best video game netcode tends to rely upon UDP for gameplay, TCP introduces way too much overhead to keep gameplay at its smoothest: far better to use UDP and get latest player data as fast as possible, lost packets be damned.